The name collection

Names with meaning.

3,600+ baby names from 25 cultures, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and story.

Nature

Trees, rivers and wild things

529–576 of 659 names

Brazilian Portuguese · Tupi

Potira

Flower, from Tupi potyra

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Chinese

Qing

Blue-green; youth with the cited Chinese characters

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Nahuatl

Quetzalli

Quetzal feather; something precious

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Vietnamese

Quỳnh

A flowering epiphyllum; other senses depend on the root

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Irish · English

Rafferty

Flood tide

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Arabic

Rasha

Young gazelle

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Scottish

Rhona

Possibly rough island

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Japanese

Riku

Land in one Japanese spelling

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Dutch

Roos

Rose

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Hebrew

Rotem

White broom plant

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Arabic

Ruba

Hill

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Marathi · Sanskrit

Rutuja

Born of the seasons

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Japanese

Ryota

Coolness and greatness in one Japanese spelling

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Arabic

Sabah

Morning

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Korean

Saebom

New spring

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English

Saffron

Saffron spice; crocus

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Arabic

Sahar

Dawn; early morning

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Finnish

Saimi

Named for Lake Saimaa

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Korean

San

Mountain (山 spelling)

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Sanskrit

Sarayu

The Sarayu river

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Sanskrit

Sarika

Myna bird

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Turkish

Selin

Meaning uncertain; modern Turkish name

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Korean

Seol-ah

Meaning depends on the chosen hanja

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Persian

Sepehr

Sky; the heavens

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Persian

Sepideh

Dawn; first light

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Chinese

Shan

Mountain or coral with the cited Chinese characters

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English · Scottish

Shaw

Thicket in English; a separate Scottish surname means wolf

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Korean

Si-woo

Beginning; protection (始祐 example)

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Swahili

Simba

Lion in Swahili

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Sanskrit

Sindhu

River; the Indus

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Bulgarian

Snezhana

Form of Snježana: snowy

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Icelandic

Sóley

Buttercup

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Vietnamese

Son

Mountain

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Chinese

Song

Pine tree with the cited Chinese characters

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Japanese

Sota

Wind and greatness in one Japanese spelling

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